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By Lilly Oppelt | March 2The South Carolina State House is seen on Feb. 23, 2026. Jim Clyburn started his career in politics in the early 1970s when he moved to Columbia to work for then-governor John C. West.
The South Carolina State House is seen on Feb. 23, 2026. Jim Clyburn started his career in politics in the early 1970s when he moved to Columbia to work for then-governor John C. West.
The casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, covered by the American flag, lies in state in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. The Jackson family’s request that he lie in state at the United States Capitol in Washington was denied.
Mourners bow their heads in prayer at the lying-in-state of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. Jackson, a Greenville, South Carolina, native and two-time presidential candidate, passed away in Chicago, Illinois, where his funeral will be held.
Attendees listen to remarks given at the lying-in-state of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. Jackson, a civil rights leader who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., passed away last month in Chicago, Illinois.
Members of the public wait in line to pay respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who lies in state in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. The line was long enough to completely encircle the building and then extend further towards Gervais Street.
Mourners applaud remarks given at the lying-in-state of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. Jackson is the second Black man to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol, after Clementa Pinckney, who was assassinated by white supremacist Dylann Roof during the Charleston church shooting.
Mourners sit in silence in a moment of reflection at the lying-in-state of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. Jackson’s family was in attendance, with the exception of his widow, Jacqueline, who got sick.
Members of the public wait in line to visit the Rev. Jesse Jackson lying in state in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. Hundreds of people gathered to wait for hours to pay their respects.
State Rep. and Democratic candidate for governor Jermaine Johnson speaks at the lying-in-state of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. Johnson instructed the media to leave the room so a private ceremony for Jackson’s family and friends could be held.
A men’s choir performs at the lying-in-state of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the South Carolina State House on March 2, 2026. The event was branded as a “celebration of life.”